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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta poses for an official photo with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen before the NATO "jumbo" ministerial conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, April 18, 2012.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta poses for an official photo with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen before the NATO "jumbo" ministerial conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, April 18, 2012.

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